Political Animal News media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Political Animal News on the right. We have seen it on 14 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Political Animal News biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Political Animal News on the right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Political Animal News left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Political Animal News on the right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Political Animal News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Political Animal News are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Political Animal News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Political Animal News’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Common Cents Act, a bill that would end the minting of new pennies. The Treasury estimates this change could save $56 million annually. The U.S. Mint stopped producing pennies in November 2025.
Political Animal News reported it asHouse Votes Unanimously To Kill The Penny Trump Called Wasteful (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani were seen laughing during the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Video of the moment, which occurred while victims' names were being read aloud, circulated online and drew criticism.
Political Animal News reported it asAOC and Mamdani Did Something at Ground Zero That Has 9/11 Families Furious (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
A newly unveiled statue of Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA's Phoenix headquarters was defaced with red paint. The vandalism occurred days after the statue's unveiling and coincided with the one-year anniversary of Kirk's assassination.
Political Animal News reported it asCharlie Kirk Statue Vandalized Three Days After His Widow Unveiled It (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
A surrogate who refused to abort a fetus diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. McKenna West is challenging a California court order that recognized the intended parents as the child's legal guardians.
Political Animal News reported it asJudge Cut McKenna West Out of Baby Gabriel's Case After She Refused an Abortion (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
A filing with the Federal Election Commission shows MAGA Inc. will spend at least $10 million to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate bid against Democrat James Talarico, with President Donald Trump saying he will fund Republicans he believes can win.
Political Animal News reported it asJames Talarico Called Capitalism Oppressive Then Called Himself a Capitalist (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
Video footage from Ceuta shows a group of migrants holding a baby dolphin aloft on a beach. An environmental organisation has filed a complaint with the Civil Guard regarding the incident, which occurred on Trampolín beach.
Political Animal News reported it asCeuta Beach Worker Begged Migrants to Stop and They Did This Anyway (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
A military judge has ruled that confessions made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents in 2007 are inadmissible in his death penalty case. The judge cited psychological conditioning and coercion, and a failure to inform Mohammed of his rights.
Political Animal News reported it asA Military Judge Just Threw Out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 9/11 Confession (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump called the International Space Station from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He praised the astronauts and signed an executive order for the U.S. Space Force Academy. The way he held the phone drew online commentary.
Political Animal News reported it asTrump Just Announced a West Point for Space at NASA's Houston Command Center (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
U.S. President Donald Trump stated the United States does not need Canada, while simultaneously imposing a 50% tariff on Canadian aluminum. Reports highlight the significant economic interdependence between the two nations, with Canada being the US's second-largest trading partner.
Political Animal News reported it asTrump Renamed Lake Ontario and Canada's Prime Minister Answered With the Word Hydronyms (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has officially rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after a seven-year lapse in her membership. The move comes amid speculation about a potential 2028 presidential run.
Political Animal News reported it asAOC Forgot She Was a Socialist for Seven Years and Just Remembered Right Before Running for President (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed asked Fox News host Jesse Watters if he was circumcised during an interview. The question came as they discussed gender-affirming care for minors, with El-Sayed defending his position by comparing it to circumcision.
Political Animal News reported it asJesse Watters Asked El-Sayed One Question About Sharia Law and His Senate Campaign Watched Him Fold (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
Donald Trump interrupted CNN White House correspondent Kristen Holmes during an Oval Office briefing, calling her "a loud, boisterous person" and telling her to be quiet. The exchange followed her question about whether Kim Jong Un had asked Trump to reduce U.S.-South Korea military exercises.
Political Animal News reported it asCNN Reporter Hijacked a Hero Lifeguard Event and Trump Shut Her Down Instantly (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
The Pentagon revoked Frank Kendall’s security clearance on 7 August 2026 after an unauthorised disclosure about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-donated Air Force One. The $400 million jet, accepted last year, lacks the safety features of the older Boeing 747s, according to earlier remarks by Kendall.
Political Animal News reported it asPentagon Stripped Frank Kendall's Security Clearance Over Air Force One (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani denied claims by conservative leaders that his planned low-price grocery stores would require ID, calling the allegations 'insane'. The dispute centres on whether Democrats’ opposition to voter ID laws is inconsistent with the city’s grocery plan, which officials say will not require identification.
Political Animal News reported it asTrump Just Schooled Mamdani on Socialism Using His Own Grocery Store Rule and Hit a RINO With the Bus (opens Political Animal News in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckrightCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Mixed factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckmixedCheck it
Who owns it
- Political Animal NewsIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- politicalanimalnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- politicalanimalnews.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 14
- Reports listed
- 14
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
14 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 3 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Political Animal News ran the story anyway.
Across the 14 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Political Animal News: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 23 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
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